Denmark to hold referendum on joining EU's common defense
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Denmark will hold a referendum in June because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on whether to join the European Union’s defense pact and scrap the Nordic country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc’s common security and defense policies
HELSINKI -- Denmark will hold a referendum in June, spooked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on whether to join the European Union’s defense pact and scrap the Nordic country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc’s common security and defense policies.
Danish Prime Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said late Sunday that “historical times call for historical decisions.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin "has heralded a new time, a new reality. Ukraine’s struggle is not just Ukraine’s. We stand together in Europe,” Frederiksen told a news conference in Copenhagen.
The referendum on joining the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy, or CSDP, will take place on June 1.
